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Starting Your Legal Career – How to Get a Law Training Contract

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Starting Your Legal Career – How to Get a Law Training Contract

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Getting started in a professional career in law makes for somewhat of a precarious terrace since there’s that little period of time during which you’re required to gain some in-field experience, but this makes up a vital part of your training.

Since securing your training is the next order of business, the impending goal is to pass the Professional Skills Course (PSC), which will demonstrate that you have notched up adequate in-field experience. LawCareers.Net’s training contract search makes for a great platform over which to start your search for a suitable list of law firms you’d like to complete your training with, while expert company in legal practices, Bindman Solicitors (30 years experience), has put together some useful advice you can use to stand out from the deluge of competition.

  1. Be selective of the firm you pick

It’s very easy to fall into the trap of just casting your net as wide as possible, hoping for the best and then going with the very first firm that picks you for training. If you’re going to go with the very first opportunity that becomes available, it’ll have to be on the basis that it still makes for the right law firm for you, which means you need to be selective about which firms you send out applications to.

  1. Ensure to meet the application criteria

There’s no time to waste and wasting your time is exactly what you’ll be doing if you apply to positions at firms whose criteria you don’t meet. It is after all a basic requirement of competence in the field of law to demonstrate that you can follow the most basic of instructions and that you have a basic understanding of the medium of communication you’ll be using.

  1. Notch up as much experience in the industry as you can

There’ll be many other graduates competing with you for a training spot at every law firm you apply to, so you have to find some way of setting yourself apart from the crowd. A good way of doing so is by producing a CV that has an impressive list of references for some experience you’ve managed to notch up, so holidays can be partially dedicated to shadowing solicitors (even if only for a week) or answering calls in a law firm. It all counts.

  1. Maintain a high work ethic

It’s one thing having a long list of references, but they also have to be good references, which you only get by maintaining a high work ethic and demonstrating that you are eager to get grinding. Learn every part of legal work as well as acquire business-related skills, i.e., if you are planning to start your own firm in the future.

There can be various skills that you may need to develop, such as business and employee management, operations and execution of tasks, etc. If a law business setup is your future dream, also learn and explore information related to it solutions for law firms, which can be one of the essential requirements. Opt for training with your goals in mind and manage your behavior accordingly to get the most out of such opportunities.

  1. Project a bit of your own personality

While the basics of the field naturally need to be mastered, the mark of a good legal expert resides in their ability to put their own unique personality to work within the field. This way, it’ll very quickly emerge just what the perfect position within the field would be, in line with your personality.

Bindman & Co is owned by senior partner Les Bindman, and is a proud supporter of Will Aid month.

Andy McGowan
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